Mount for photographs or other pictures



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R. H. L. TALGOTT. MOUNT FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OR OTHER PICTURES.

No. 487,949. Patented 001:. 7,1890.

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. R. H. L. TALGOTT. MOUNT FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OR OTHER PICTURES.

No. 437,949. Patented Oct. '7, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

RIOHARD H. L. TALCOTT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOUNT FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OR OTHER PICTURES.

SIPECIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 437,949, dated October7, 1890.

Application filed September 30, 1889. Serial No. 325.492. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. L. TALCOTT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Boston, in the county of Sufiolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mounts forPhotographs or other Pictures, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to mounts for photo graphs or other pictures, theobject thereof being principally to provide appliances whereby picturesmounted on glass may be inclosed at their back and edges and to becapable of withdrawal and substitution at will without impairing thedurability or appearance of the mounting appliance.

An object of the invention may otherwise be stated to be the provisionof a mount for photographs and the like having many of the advantageouscharacteristics of the one described in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates granted to me March 23, 1886, No. 338,651, but which mountingappliances, owing to the construction thereof, may be supplied inquantities to users, rendering the work necessary to make thecombination therewith of the picture very slight and easy ofaccomplishment by unskilled persons; and the invention consists in theconstruction and combination of parts, all as will hereinafter morefully appear, and be set forth in the claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichsimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figures 1, 2, and 3 are views in perspective of the parts of theinclosing-casing for the picture-glass separated, and also of thepicture-glass. The part illustrated in Fig. 2 shows the rear sideforemost. Fig. at is a crosssection of the mounted picture. Fig. 5 is arear view of the mounting appliances placed and confined together. Fig.6 is a central longitudinal section of the mounted picture. Fig. 7 is afront perspective view of the mounted picture, illustrating merely thegeneral appearance thereof; and Fig. 8 is a sectional view similar toFig. 6, but of a construction wherein, however, a somewhat moreefficient mounting of the picture is insured at little greater labor.

The mounting appliances, according to this be integrally formed; but itis preferred to t form the back of a semi-rigid material such as firmcard or paste board-and to'form the edge pieces of a bowed or U form,(the cross- 7 sectional contour of which is varying, according as towhether glass with its edge beveled or otherwise formed is employed,)and to se cure them by their one side section to the said back piece bygluing, riveting, or by both, or otherwise.

The mounting appliance, according to this invention, also consists in aremovable cap O, of sheet metal or other suitable material, comprisingthe portion d, (see Fig. 2,) of bowed or U shape in cross-section, tooverlie the end portion of the back piece, and to also overlie the edgeof the picture-glass when in place, and said cap also comprises at itsends turnedover lips f f to overlie the turned-over lips affixed to thesides of the main holder part.

A suitable catch device is to be applied between the back of the mainholderpart and the removable cap-section, whereby when the picture hasbeen inserted the cap will be effectually held in its place, and at 00,Figs. 5, 6, and 8, one form of catch device is shown, which consists offorming on or affixing to the cap-section an eye g and providing on theback A, near the open edge thereof, apivoted hooked arm 71- to swinginto and out of engagemeiit with said eye, or instead of this verycommon form of catch device other wellknown or approved securing devicesmay be employed, and in large mounts more than one should be used.

A leg E is to be affixed to the back and holder portion, by which themounted picture maybe maintained in an upright posi tion.

On desiring to remove the glass-plate 13 (having a picture thereon andvisible at the front) from the mount, the catch device for thecap-section is released, and on removing said cap-section thepicture-glass may be withdrawn and a new one substituted therefor.

In Fig. 8 is represented the picture-sheet secured to the glass, boundall around the edge with strips m, of suitable impervious material, ascloth or leather, and by the provision of the said strips the picture ismore effectually guarded against air and moisture and may be readilyplaced in the improved holder.

WVhat I claim is- Y 1. Apicture-mountingappliance consisting of a mainholder portion, comprising a back plate having an area corresponding tothat of the picture to be mounted and having overturned lip portions onthree of its edges and a removable cap portion rigidly aifixed thereto,consisting of a U-shaped strip, also having at its endsangularly-extended U- shaped lip-continuations adapted to overlie theopen extremity of said holder portion, and means, substantially asdescribed, for confining the removable cap in place, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

2. Apicture-mounting appliance consisting of a main holder portion,comprising a back 30 plate of semi-rigid material having an areacorresponding to the picture to be mounted, provided with the metallicstrips of U shape in cross-section securely affixed to three of theedges of said back plate, formingabounding groove for said edges, andalso provided with a hinged leg, and a removable cap portion consistingof a U-shaped strip, also having at its ends angularly-extended U-shapedlipcontinuations adapted to overlie the open extremity of said holderportion, and means, substantially as described, for confining theremovable cap in place, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

' 3. The combination,witl1 the holder portion comprising a back havingsubstantially the area of the picture to be mounted, and havi'ngoverturned metallic lip portions rigidly affixed thereto on three of itsedges, of a plate of glass having a picture cemented to its back andbound at its edges with impervious material, the removable cap portion,as described, and a catch device applied on and between said main holderand said removable cap portion, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

RICHARD H. L. TALCOTT.

WVitnesses:

WM. S. BELLoWs, K. E. BELLOWS.

